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Battle of Lwów

Battle of Lwów was a battle fought in 1920 at Lviv, in what is now Ukraine. It was part of the Polish–Soviet War, which ran from 1919 to 1921. The recorded result: Polish-Ukrainian victory. Recorded strength: 22,000+ against 32,000.

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Polish Voluntary II Death Squad in Lviv 1920. Second from right: Janina Łada-Walicka, on the left of the flag Artur Schroeder.
Polish Voluntary II Death Squad in Lviv 1920. Second from right: Janina Łada-Walicka, on the left of the flag Artur Schroeder.. AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Record

Date1920 (year precision)
PlaceLviv, Ukraine
49.843N, 24.032E
Part ofPolish–Soviet War (1919 to 1921)
KindBattle, interwar and Second World War
ResultPolish-Ukrainian victory
BelligerentsSecond Polish Republic; Ukrainian People's RepublicRussian SFSR
CommandersCzesław Mączyński; Mykhailo Omelianovych-PavlenkoAlexander Yegorov; Semyon Budyonny
Strength22,000+32,000
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Battle of Lwów is one of 1,912 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 133 in present-day Ukraine.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4271054, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Lwów (1920), revision 1374336836, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.